{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-is-indignant-stories-paperback","title":"Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors. Lydia Davis once again proves in the words of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLYDIA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of one novel and five story collections, including \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award and most recently, \u003ci\u003eCan't and Won't\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis\u003c\/i\u003e was described by James Wood in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eas a \"grand cumulative achievement.\" She is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.31 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52607638110490,"sku":"9780312420567","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/T9hflpZJzd9780312420567.webp?v=1785339866","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/samuel-johnson-is-indignant-stories-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}